7 “Ngiyakuyilahla indlu yami, ngilishiye lifa lami; ngiyawunikela lowo lengimtsandzako etandleni tetitsa takhe.
Insali yelifa lami ngitayifulatsela, ngiyetfule etitseni tayo. Insali itawuphangwa ichwagwe ngito tonkhe titsa tayo,
Ngako-ke intfukutselo yaSimakadze yasivutsela sive sakhe, loko lokulifa lakhe kwaba sinengiso kuye.
Sive sakhe wasinikela enkembeni, walitfukutselela lifa lakhe.
Ubalahlile bantfu bakho, indlu yakaJakobe, ngobe sebagcwele bungoma basemphumalanga; bagcwele nekuphengula njengemaFilisti, bamdzibimunye nemahedeni.
“Lotsandzekako wami wentani ethempelini lami, ngesikhatsi enta emacebo akhe ebubi nalabanyenti? Inyama lenikelwe ingasijikisa yini sijeziso sakho? Nase wenta bubi bakho uyajabula.”
Sewumlahle kokuphela yini Juda? Umbukela phansi yini Siyoni? Usishayelani sive singete sakhona kuphiliswa nje? Sasetsemba kutsi kutawuba nekuthula nenhlalakahle, kodvwa kute nakunye lokuhle lokusehlele. Setsemba sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kodvwa kwaba nekutfutfumela kuphela.
Ngenca yemacala enu niyawulahlekelwa lifa lenganinika lona. Ngitanigcilata ngetitsa tenu eveni leningalati, ngobe niluchukulutile lulaka lwami, futsi lutanivutsela phakadze naphakadze.”
Kodvwa nangabe aniyihloniphi lemiyalo, ngifunga ngami kutsi lesigodlo sitawuba tindzala, kusho Simakadze.’ ”
“Nangabe labantfu nome umphrofethi nome umphristi akubuta atsi: ‘Sitsini siphrofetho saSimakadze?’ ubobaphendvula utsi: ‘Siphi siphrofetho? Ngitanilahla, kusho Simakadze.’
Ngako-ke ngitanikhohlwa ngempela nginisuse ebukhoneni bami, nine kanye nalelo dolobha lenganipha lona, nine kanye naboyihlo benu.
Ngobe baka-Israyeli nebakaJuda abakashiywa nguNkulunkulu wabo, Simakadze longuSomandla, noko live lemaBhabhulona liphuphuma ngemacala kuLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngako-ke loko lengakwenta eShilo, ngisetakwenta nanyalo kulendlu lebitwa ngeLibito lami, lelithempeli lenetsembele kulo, nendzawo lengayipha nine kanye naboyihlomkhulu.
Hhulani tinwele tenu, nine bantfu baseJerusalema, nitilahle, nilile sililo emagcumeni laphakeme, ngobe Simakadze usilahlile, wasishiya lesitukulwane lesingaphansi kwelulaka lwakhe.’ ”
‘Khuluma kulendlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Indzawo yami lengcwele sengitayingcolisa, lenqaba lenitigcabha ngayo, injabulo yemehlo enu, intfo lehawukelwa ngumphefumulo wenu. Emadvodzana nemadvodzakati lenawashiya emuva atawubulawa ngenkemba.
“Ngesikhatsi Israyeli asengumntfwana, ngamtsandza, indvodzana yami ngayibita, ngayikhipha eGibhithe.
“Ngenca yabo bonkhe baseGilgali ngabazonda khona lapho. Ngenca yetono tabo labatentile, ngitabacosha lapha endlini yami. Ngingeke ngiphindze ngibatsandze; bonkhe baholi babo bayangihlubuka.
Vutselani licilongo eSiyoni, nimemetele kuzila lokungcwele, nibite umhlangano longcwele.
ngiyawubutsa tonkhe tive ngitehlisele eSigodzini sakaJehoshafati. Lapho-ke ngulapho ngiyawutehlulela khona ngenca yelifa lami, sive sami saka-Israyeli, ngobe tasakata sive sami, tasifaka kuto tonkhe tive, talidzabudzabula live lami.
bayawubulawa ngenkemba, batsatfwe bentiwe babe titfunjwa etiveni tonkhe; nebetive bayakuyigcobagcoba iJerusalema, kuze kugcwaliseke sikhatsi sabo.”
NgaBhenjamini wakhuluma watsi: “Lotsandzekako waSimakadze akahlale aphephile kuye, ngobe uyamvikela lilanga lonkhe, uhlala emhlane wakhe.”